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Meanings of sweeping movement in English

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Usage of sweeping movement in English
1
Lewsey races home another beautiful try after a sweeping movement by England.
The Guardian
2
Now... he made a sweeping movement with his hand and was silent.
Crome Yellow
3
At the front of this sweeping movement was Bills' brother Roger.
Rock and Ice Magazine
4
Then with a backward sweeping movement, return the hands again to the sides.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools
5
Then by a backward sweeping movement, return the hands again to the sides.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools
6
With a sweeping movement, he tossed them high into the air.
Kid Wolf of Texas / A Western Story
7
Thyme's eyes followed that slow, sweeping movement of her cousin's hand.
Fraternity
8
The nurse briskly brushes his body with a sweeping movement.
The Guardian
9
The Watchers stopped before the archangel's son and, in a sweeping movement, knelt before him.
Angelopolis
10
He made a sweeping movement with his hand.
Lord of the Flies
11
But before I made it halfway through the sweeping movement, Vashet was already shaking her head.
The Wise Man’s Fear
12
His armies retreated, not on the Capital, but in a sweeping movement that was hinged upon Verdun.
"Contemptible", by "Casualty"
13
Suddenly Barry dropped and caught the man behind the knees with a sweeping movement of his staff.
To Die in Italbar
14
She joined him knee-to-knee and followed the sweeping movement of his finger with growing disbelief and confusion.
Wizard and glass
15
For a few moments there was a majestic, sweeping movement downward; then, of a sudden, it was checked.
Hawthorne and His Circle
16
He walked over to the cheap swivel chair next to my desk and sat down in one sweeping movement.
Beautiful creatures
This collocation consists of:
Sweeping movement through the time
Sweeping movement across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common